Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has approved the formation of its new Baseball5 discipline and created a new company to manage its media and sponsorship rights.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has revealed details of a new street discipline in a move designed to help secure the two sports’ long-term future on the Olympic Games programme.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has launched its new Softball World Cup brand identity and tournament system in a major restructuring of the sport’s leading international competitions.

Softball New Zealand (SNZ) has entered a bid to host the 2021 men’s World Championship as it seeks to bring the national team event back to the country.

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) president Riccardo Fraccari has hailed the success of the inaugural Premier12 event as representing another example of how baseball could serve the Olympic sports programme.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that the 2019 edition of its men's Softball World Championship will take place in the Czech Republic cities of Prague and Havlickuv Brod, with the women's event being staged in Chiba, Japan.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has named Fukushima as a host city for an event next year in a move that is designed to help raise awareness and support the local region's continuing recovery following the disaster that struck in 2011.

Major league glamour and gender-equality appeal is a compelling argument for the Olympic Movement. World Baseball Softball Confederation is hoping it will be enough to convince Tokyo of its worth.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has appointed a son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro as a global ambassador as it seeks to build its bid for the sports’ return to the Olympic programme.

A panel has been established to determine possible additional sporting events to be added to the programme for the Tokyo 2020 winter Games.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has awarded the hosting rights to its three Baseball World Cup events in 2016 to South Korea, Mexico and Japan.

Fourteen national federations of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have joined together to found the Francophone Association of Baseball Softball (AFBS) in another step by the world governing body to boost its position in attempting to return the sports to the Olympic programme.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s decision to reinstate wrestling onto the Olympic programme has sparked criticism of the governing body’s voting process.